1 Raja-raja 1:48

1:48 and said ¹  this: ‘The Lord God of Israel is worthy of praise because ²  today he has placed a successor on my throne and allowed me to see it.’” ³ 

1 Raja-raja 3:5

3:5 One night in Gibeon the Lord appeared ⁴  to Solomon in a dream. God said, “Tell ⁵  me what I should give you.”

1 Raja-raja 3:7

3:7 Now, O Lord my God, you have made your servant king in my father David’s place, even though I am only a young man and am inexperienced. ⁶ 

1 Raja-raja 5:4

5:4 But now the Lord my God has made me secure on all fronts; there is no adversary or dangerous threat.

1 Raja-raja 8:28

8:28 But respond favorably to ⁷  your servant’s prayer and his request for help, O Lord my God. Answer ⁸  the desperate prayer ⁹  your servant is presenting to you ¹⁰  today.

1 Raja-raja 8:61

8:61 May you demonstrate wholehearted devotion to the Lord our God ¹¹  by following ¹²  his rules and obeying ¹³  his commandments, as you are presently doing.” ¹⁴ 

1 Raja-raja 11:23

11:23 God also brought against Solomon ¹⁵  another enemy, Rezon son of Eliada who had run away from his master, King Hadadezer of Zobah.

1 Raja-raja 13:1

13:1 Just then ¹⁶  a prophet ¹⁷  from Judah, sent by the Lord, arrived in Bethel, ¹⁸  as Jeroboam was standing near the altar ready to offer a sacrifice.

1 Raja-raja 15:30

15:30 This happened because of the sins which Jeroboam committed and which he made Israel commit. These sins angered the Lord God of Israel. ¹⁹ 

1 Raja-raja 19:8

19:8 So he got up and ate and drank. That meal gave him the strength to travel forty days and forty nights until he reached Horeb, the mountain of God.

[1:48]  ¹ tn The Hebrew text reads, “and the king said.”

[1:48]  ² tn Or “Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, who….” In this blessing formula אֲשֶׁר (’asher, “who; because”) introduces the reason why the one being blessed deserves the honor.

[1:48]  ³ tn Heb “and my eyes are seeing.”

[3:5]  ⁴ tn Or “revealed himself.”

[3:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “ask.”

[3:7]  ⁶ tn Heb “and I do not know going out or coming in.”

[8:28]  ⁷ tn Heb “turn to.”

[8:28]  ⁸ tn Heb “by listening to.”

[8:28]  ⁹ tn Heb “the loud cry and the prayer.”

[8:28]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “praying before you.”

[8:61]  ¹¹ tn Heb “may your hearts be complete with the Lord our God.”

[8:61]  ¹² tn Heb “walking in.”

[8:61]  ¹³ tn Heb “keeping.”

[8:61]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “as this day.”

[11:23]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “him”; the referent (Solomon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[13:1]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “Look.” The Hebrew particle הִנֵּה (hinneh) is a rhetorical device by which the author invites the reader to visualize the scene for dramatic effect.

[13:1]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “the man of God.”

[13:1]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “came by the word of the Lord to Bethel.”

[15:30]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “because of Jeroboam which he committed and which he made Israel commit, by his provocation by which he made the Lord God of Israel angry.”